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The Wispact Inc. Foundation provides charitable grants to non-profit organizations providing services to persons with disabilities.

Eligibility Requirements:

• Your organization must be a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit organization according to the Internal Revenue Code—tax exempt pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3)—in good standing.
• All grant funds must be used for the benefit of individuals with disabilities.

Consideration will be given to, but not limited to, proposals addressing needs in the following areas:

• Housing: programs designed to improve the day-to-day living conditions, for persons with disabilities, through the provision of safe living environments and enhancing the accessibility to such environment
• Assistive Devices: devices designed, made, or adapted to assist a person to perform a particular task; examples include: canes, crutches, walkers, wheel chairs, and shower chairs are all assistive devices
• Education/Recreation: inclusive educational programming including, but not limited to, workshops, summer camps, art classes; educational equipment such as computers, software, projection equipment, art supplies, etc. that promote fulfillment and edification for persons with disabilities
• Expansion of current services in place
• Transportation

Wispact Foundation grants are not available to provide support for the following:

Wispact Inc. is a private nonprofit organization that administers pooled and community Special Needs Trusts for people with disabilities. Based in Madison, Wispact manages the Special Needs Trusts for more than 3,000 people throughout the state of Wisconsin. The Wispact Foundation is an entity under the auspices and authority of Wispact, Inc.

• Capital campaigns
• General operating expenses unrelated to the grant purpose
• Retroactive funding for activities that have already taken place
• Basic research
• Staff development activities
• Supplanting of projects or activities that have existing funding from other sources